Do bullet trains actually need wheels? The answer isn't a simple no. Discover which high-speed trains still roll on rubber tires and why they do it.

Maglev bullet trains promise a future where steel wheels and clattering rails give way to smooth, floating speed. Yet the ...

When the record-breaking Shinkansen high-speed rail line opened in 1964, it was perfect timing. That year, Tokyo hosted the Summer Olympics, and Japan hogged the spotlight to debut the world’s first ...

The country that invented the bullet train now has something much faster: the floating bullet train. It’s called a “maglev” train, for “magnetic levitation.” Instead of wheels: magnets. Instead of an ...

A test run takes place with Mount Fuji in the backdrop. Credit: Central Japan Railway Company. Ever since it was launched in time for the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo, the Shinkansen has remained a ...

TSURU, YAMANASHI, JAPAN — Two hours from Tokyo’s blinking neon center, the sleek white train shoots out of a mountain tunnel at nearly 311 mph — levitating about four inches above its guideway as it ...

Japan has started testing the high-speed bullet train Alfa-X, which is capable of travelling at a speed of 400km/h. Japan has started testing the high-speed bullet train Alfa-X, which is capable of ...